Auxiliary chipper chute

ABSTRACT

This invention consists of a chute that is fabricated from sheet steel or the like and which has a top and a side configuration of a trapezium, and an end configuration of an inverted letter U having square corners. The invention, which has open ends and no bottom, is placed inside of the chute of a chipper. The aforesaid invention is provided with drift pins for its securement in the already-mentioned chute of a chipper.

United States Patent 1 Parker et al.

[ Mar. 27, 1973 [54] AUXILIARY CHIPPER CHUTE [76] Inventors: Norman E. Parker, 1343 Scott Street; Ernest D. Siravo, 215 Clinton St., both of Maumee, Ohio 43537 22 Filed: Jan.25, 1972 21 Appl.No.: 220,573

[52] US. Cl ..193/1 [51] Int. Cl. ..B65g 11/00, B65g11/l8 [58] Field of Search ..l41/331, 367, 368; 193/1-3, 5, 33, 34; 222/460, 462, 572;

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 661,080 ll/1900 Sackett .;l93/2R 3,169,620 2/1965 Patz ..l93/2 R Primary Examiner-Evon C. Blunk Assistant Examiner-W. Scott Carson [57] ABSTRACT This invention consists of a chute that is fabricated from sheet steel or the like and which has a top and a side configuration of a trapezium, and an end configuration of an inverted letter U having square corners. The invention, which has open ends and no bottom, is placed inside of the chute of a chipper. The aforesaid invention is provided with drift pins for its securement in the already-mentioned chute of a chipper.

3 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures AUXILIARY CHIPPER CI'IUTE This invention relates to chutes; more particularly, to a chute that is an auxiliary chute adapted to placement in the chute of a chipper.

A chipper is defined by those experienced in the art as a machine that is used to mulch branches and bushes, the branches and the bushes being destroyed by the mulching rather than by burning and thus there is eliminated a certain amount of pollution of the air by smoke that cannot help but come from the burning of bushes and the like.

While chipper chutes will handle brush and bushes, they will handle Christmas trees only if the bottom branches are removed before they are'placed in the chute butt end first.

It is therefore the principal object of this invention to provide an auxiliary chipper chute that will allow the chipper to pull the Christmas trees or the like into the machine without the trimming of any branches since, because of this invention, the branches will automatically fold back along the trunk of the tree as it is being drawn into the chipper.

Another object of this invention is to provide an auxiliary chipper chute that will permit the mulching of Christmas trees and the like with far greater safety to the operator of the chipper than has before been possible as the trees are fed in butt end first and which will be understood by those experienced in the art upon examination of the accompanying drawing.

Other and further objects and advantages of this invention will no doubt appear to one having knowledge of the art uponthe reading of this specification and its appended claims and upon a study of the drawing of this novel invention.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of this invention mounted in the chute of a chipper. Only the actual invention is shown in solid black lines.

FIG. 2 is a top view ofFIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a right hand side view of FIG. 1.

In the several views of this invention, like parts of the auxiliary chute are indicated by like reference numbers. The reference number 5 indicates this invention in its entirety.

Directing ones attention to the three views of the accompanying drawing it will be seen that this invention 5 consists of two spaced trapezium shaped vertically disposed sides 6 and a top 7, as well as horizontally disposed bottom side bars 8, one of which is suitably secured on the outside and bottom front portion of each side 6. Openings are suitably located in each end of the aforesaid side bars 8 for the reception of the drift pins 9 which extend down through the bottom 10 of the chute ll of the chipper 12. It is to be realized that neither the just mentioned chute 11 nor the chipper 12 are a part of this invention which obviously fits into the aforesaid chute 11, as one can fully understand by looking at the drawing.

The way in which this novel invention is used and its many advantages in the handling of branches, bushes and Christmas trees will be obvious to those experienced in the art. It is obvious upon examination of the drawing that no additional comment is considered necessary in this specification.

This invention IS SUbJCCt to any and all changes In detail design and/or modifications that one may care to make in so long as the changes and/or modifications all fall within the scope and intent of the appended claims.

What we now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent as set forth in the United States Code, Title 35 and its ammendments is:

1. An auxiliary chipper chute of the character described, comprising a chute fabricated from any rigid sheet metal, the said auxiliary chute having a top and vertically disposed sides, the said sides having a configuration of a trapezium and the ends having a configuration of an inverted elongated letter U with sharp corners, the said chute being mounted in the chute of a chipper.

2. The invention of claim 1, wherein the said invention is made of sheet steel or the like and does not have any bottom since the said invention fits on top of the bottom of the chute of a chipper.

3. The invention of claim 2, wherein a side bar is suitably secured to the lower edge of each side of the auxiliary chipper chute, each said bar having an opening in each end thereof through which is vertically placed a drift pin thatextends down through the bottom of the said chipper chute for the securement of the said auxiliary chute therein. 

1. An auxiliary chipper chute of the character described, comprising a chute fabricated from any rigid sheet metal, the said auxiliary chute having a top and vertically disposed sides, the said sides having a configuration of a trapezium and the ends having a configuration of an inverted elongated letter U with sharp corners, the said chute being mounted in the chute of a chipper.
 2. The invention of claim 1, wherein the said invention is made of sheet steel or the like and does not have any bottom since the said invention fits on top of the bottom of the chute of a chipper.
 3. The invention of claim 2, wherein a side bar is suitably secured to the lower edge of each side of the auxiliary chipper chute, each said bar having an opening in each end thereof through which is vertically placed a drift pin that extends down through the bottom of the said chipper chute for the securement of the said auxiliary chute therein. 